Stock Structure Approaches

Predefined Portions

This approach creates specific stock items for each commonly used portion size, making product configuration straightforward and intuitive.

Example

Stock Product:

• Chips

Stock Items:

• Large Chips Portion — 160g
• Regular Chips Portion — 120g
• Kids Chips Portion — 80g

Stock Profile of Large Chips product:

• Large Chips Portion — Quantity: 1

Base Unit and Quantity Defining Strategy

This approach creates stock items as single base units (e.g., 1 gram) and defines the quantity within stock profile configuration to achieve desired portion sizes.

Example

Stock Product:

• Salt

Stock Items:

• Salt 1g

Stock Profile of Large Chips Product

• Salt 1g — Quantity: 2 (meaning 2g of salt)